I was determined to be bad, but I went straight to the Basketball Hall of Fame

Chapter 536 The Second Champion

In fact, Huawei did not expect to be selected by Min Congda as the title sponsor of the arena at all.

How come I, a Chinese company engaged in communication engineering, was brought in to sponsor an arena in the United States?

However, it is not uncommon for communication companies to sponsor arenas.[email protected]naming.

The reason why Min Congda chose Huawei was mainly because in his impression that after many years, Huawei was often targeted by the United States.

At that time, the arena named after it will definitely be unlucky, which is not a good thing for Min Congda.

Huawei was also very surprised. After all, they were just joining in the fun, and the quotation they gave was not sincere.

Just because Huawei wants to expand its business in the US market, it follows the trend of a group of Chinese companies with overseas business and participated in it.

Unexpectedly, Min Congda chose Huawei over many well-known big companies. After hearing the news, Huawei executives were embarrassed and wanted to double the sponsorship fee, but Min Congda sternly refused.

"In business, the most important thing is to be honest. If you agree on the price at the beginning, then it should be the price. How can you just start the price and add money at will? You can't add money, just let it go."

Therefore, Huawei obtained the naming rights of the Clippers' new arena for 500 years with an offer of only 5 million U.S. dollars.

At $100 million a year, this fee is even lower than Oracle Arena's $180 million annual naming fee.

Moreover, what kind of restaurant is Oracle Arena? The old arena built in 1966, such a arena can cost 180 million US dollars a year.

The Clippers is a brand new arena under construction, and its size and advanced level have no rivals in the league.

Under Min Congda's strong request, the arena was designed beyond the scale of an ordinary basketball arena, and the number of spectators reached an astonishing 25000.

In fact, many newly designed arenas no longer pursue excessive attendance.

On the one hand, too many people will pose a major challenge to stadium management, stadium design, and logistics services, which will greatly increase operating costs.

On the other hand, with the development of live TV and webcasting, it is no longer so important to have more seats and sell more tickets, but the on-site viewing experience is more important.

If there are too many people, the viewing experience can be a problem for the fans.

Generally speaking, more than 18000 seats is the best number for experience.

Too little and no atmosphere, too much and it will be overcrowded.

But Min Congda insisted on 25000 seats, and everyone from Shelley Sterling to investors couldn't beat him.

Who made all the decisions he made in the past three years correct?

On September 2012, 9, Min Congda, Clippers executives, owners, investors, and all the players of the team participated in the groundbreaking ceremony of the new arena.

After spending more than half a year, Min Congda really completed his Efang Palace plan.

To be honest, Min Congda himself felt a little unbelievable.

When he proposed this idea, no one agreed and supported it.

But he bit the bullet and started with the acquisition of the Great Western Forum, advancing step by step.

It stands to reason that this matter should be more difficult as it goes forward, after all, the project is more than one billion yuan.

But I don't know why, the smoother the further back, especially after the Clippers won the championship.

There are always a lot of details, funds, and government affairs issues, and there are always people who help and solve them.

Of course, the price is that some benefits need to be transferred, and Min Congda doesn't care at all.

In short, this process has been fueled by a large number of people. Simply put, more and more people are tied to this boat.

Banks, funds, individuals, fans, team owners, local officials, rap stars...

Min Congda sometimes felt that he was "crazy", like a big liar who ran a Ponzi scheme and pulled a lot of people into the water.

When the deception is shattered, it doesn't matter whether you are an ordinary citizen or a high-ranking celebrity, you will all be unlucky.

It's just that Min Congda's "lower to middle" intelligence has never figured out why so many people are willing to invest in this new arena and why they are optimistic about the Clippers.

The new arena will rise near the original Great Western Forum and will be the largest and most luxurious multi-purpose stadium on the West Coast and even in the United States.

In addition to being able to hold basketball games, boxing, ice hockey, indoor football, volleyball, etc. can be held in this venue, as well as entertainment activities including large-scale concerts and large-scale talk shows.

In order to run this stadium well, the "Clippers Stadium Asset Management Company" was specially established to conduct comprehensive and comprehensive management of this new arena.

Min Congda personally served as the general manager of the company, responsible for the various businesses of the arena, as well as the financial and debt status.

Since then, Min Congda will personally control the Clippers' number one Thunder. For this company and the stadium, the team has incurred nearly $15 billion in debt.

Of course, after winning the championship, the market value of the Clippers jumped to 6 million U.S. dollars, a sharp increase of 1.4 million U.S. dollars compared to last season.

Therefore, Min Congda received a reward of 1.4 US dollars when the season dividend was settled.

This reward amount really made Min Congda shed tears, $1.4?
During the entire playoffs, Min Congda paid a total of 4.8 US dollars in winning fines!

Min Congda lost everything in terms of rewards for winning or losing basketball games.

Fortunately, there are fines and rewards, as well as the money I earned from investing in stocks, plus almost no daily expenses, to get the 4.8 US dollars.

But after all, it is 30 U.S. dollars, a total of more than [-] RMB, how can you not feel heartbroken?You can buy a high-end car.

Now that basketball wins and losses can no longer make ends meet and start to lose money, Min Congda must of course put all his energy on investment and management.

At the groundbreaking ceremony on September 9, Min Congda, Shelley Sterling, and a group of investors, as well as Curry, Harden and other team stars, took up the shovel to lay the foundation stone for the new arena. Official start!
Shoveling a bowl of soil towards the foundation, Min Congda breathed a sigh of relief, thinking: "After three years of exploration and hard work, the bankruptcy of the Clippers is finally on the right track!"

Thinking of this, Min Congda really wanted to shed tears, how many detours did he take in three years?
He himself crossed the river by feeling the stones, step by step, and now several long-term plans finally began to show their power.

The new arena will become a huge liability for the Clippers. The Asian Basketball Foundation is the Clippers' bleeding wound that swallows a lot of cash. The heavy luxury tax will take up a lot of the team's financial resources.

Now the Clippers' overall financial situation is in a state of tight balance. Once the team's goodwill is impaired, the market value declines, and operating income declines, the capital chain may break at any time.

Min Congda imagined the possible problems of the Clippers in the new season:
The team was proud and complacent after winning the championship. Young players competed with each other for possession and status.

"As long as the debt problem breaks out, the interest cannot be repaid on time, the cash outflow problem, the assets are mortgaged, and the players cannot pay their wages, then I will ask Adam Silva to let the league re-entrust, declare bankruptcy and liquidation, and sell the team. Isn’t my mission completed? Hehe.”

Thinking of this, Min Congda was full of hope, and the confidence that was hit by the finals returned!
At the groundbreaking ceremony, Min Congda also saw the No. [-] pick who just joined the Clippers this year, Anthony Davis.

This guy's appearance is really strange, his limbs are strangely long, and his eyebrows are connected into one piece, as if he is from Arabia or Persia, and his ancestors may have blood there.

To say that modern society really provides a stage for many people to display their talents and abilities. People like Anthony Davis who are tall and have strangely long arms were probably surrounded by people in the circus 100 years ago. The eccentric person in the book, as early as 200 years, was a small cotton picker in the cotton field.

Min Congda didn't know much about Anthony Davis' strength.

He seldom watched NCAA games, and he didn't participate in this draft, so he didn't want to interfere too much.

But it can be seen that the Clippers uniform team has high expectations for him. When arranging seats, he sat on Min Congda's right hand side, and Curry was on his left hand side.

The two No. [-] picks, one on the left and one on the back, are a symbol of the Clippers' talent.

After the ceremony, Min Congda invited Anthony Davis, Curry, Harden and other players to a Chinese restaurant in Chinatown for a meal.

Shelley Sterling: "Smart, we have a dinner party in Beverly Hills, won't you go?"

Min Congda waved his hand and said, "You should go to Xie Li for an event like a dinner party. You are suitable for such a high-end banquet. I will have Chinese food with the players, so I won't go to the party to join in the fun."

On behalf of the Clippers, Shelley Sterling hosted a banquet for investors at a luxurious villa in Beverly Hills.

This is a gathering of big bosses and capitalists. Min Congda has never been interested in it. He feels too restrained, and he is not used to eating and enjoying himself.

On the contrary, he prefers to go to nightclubs, bars, or Chinese restaurants to have a meal with young players.

After that, I can go to Santa Barbara to find a place to relax. It has been a long time since I have seriously explored.

Xie Li didn't force it either, she knew that Min Congda had such a personality and liked to spend time with the players.

It just so happened that Xie Li likes to show off. If Min Congda was here, he would definitely be the one to show off at the banquet.

He is not here, as the female boss who won the championship, Shelly will definitely receive more attention.

After Anthony Davis was selected by the Clippers, this was the first time he had close contact with Min Congda.

Davis has always heard about this "legendary" super general manager.

Mysteriously appeared three years ago. After the No. [-] pick won Curry, he began a series of magical operations. In just three seasons, he brought the Clippers, the [-]-year-old team to the championship position, which can be called a miracle in the history of North American professional sports.

Throughout today's groundbreaking ceremony, Anthony Davis was a little nervous.

The white engineering hat was uncomfortable to wear on his head.

After finally waiting for the ceremony to end, Min Congda invited the players to eat Chinese food together, and everyone readily agreed.

Marc Gasol hooked Davis' shoulders and said: "The team has rules. After the newcomers come, they have to buy their first meal. It's up to you to pay the bill today!"

Davis was a little dazed, do the Clippers still have such rules?

Min Congda echoed: "That's right! Not only the first meal, but we will go to Santa Barbara to explore together after eating! All the expenses will be paid by our number one scholar!"

Davis scratched his head and said, "I... I haven't gotten my salary yet?"

Davis signed a four-year max rookie deal.

But the payment of wages will have to wait until after the regular season starts.

Min Congda said: "Go to Roser and ask him to give you a salary advance. Besides, don't you have a credit card? Let's go!"

Anthony Davis had no choice but to drive to Chinatown with the champion big buddies.

It stands to reason that the No. [-] pick who came to a new team was offered as the future boss.

But Davis was one of the few top picks to enter the championship team, becoming the team's most junior one.

From the top to the bottom of the team, no one is used to him. In terms of draft pick, Curry is also the No. [-] pick. In terms of strength, Gasol and Randolph all proved themselves in the finals.

In the eyes of the whole team, Anthony Davis is just an ordinary rookie, a talented support.

For this kind of treatment, Davis still has some gaps in his heart.

In Kentucky he is the absolute core of the team.

At a very young age, he became a well-known insider in the United States.

It is the hope of the future of the American insiders in the hearts of the media and fans.

Since O'Neal was selected as the No. 1992 pick in 20, in the past [-] years, the insiders in the United States have withered, and the number of No. [-] high center forwards has become less and less.

In 97, Duncan was theoretically not in the United States, but was born in the Virgin Islands.

Olowokandi lost in 98, Kwame Brown lost in 01, and Oden lost in 07.

Only Howard in 04 really played, but Howard's terrible and stiff offense and too small size are really incomparable with the super insiders of the past.

In the past few years, those who have shown their prowess in the interior are some European big pyrenes, and the typical one is Marc Gasol.

The inside line in the United States makes people see no hope.

Although Anthony Davis plays power forward, he is 7 feet (213) tall and has a proper center height, but his body is relatively slender.

His height and wingspan are more than enough to play the fifth position.

Therefore, Anthony Davis has placed many American fans' expectations on the local insiders.

Such a star of hope came to the championship team of the Los Angeles Clippers. It is conceivable how intoxicating the imagination aroused by the combination.

So what Min Congda didn't know was that after Anthony Davis became a member of the Clippers, the number of potential fans of the Clippers in the United States was growing exponentially.

In the new season, the Clippers will undoubtedly become one of the most eye-catching teams in the United States.

Most of the fans who do not support the team regularly, especially the young fans, are most looking forward to the birth of a Galacticos.

Today, the warships on the South Coast have taken shape, and the Clippers' super battleships are not far behind.

It's a pity that in Min Congda's eyes, Anthony Davis is just a thin, simple-minded and crisp-skinned guy with one brow and one brow.

Anthony Davis performed well in rookie camp and the Las Vegas Summer League, but has begun to suffer from minor injuries.

Min Congda is looking forward to him being reimbursed as early as Griffin, and when the time comes to lie down, Min Congda will pay him a lot of salary.

However, Anthony Davis and Curry have a different mentality. He didn't think about proving himself.

He was just thinking, how could he be more comfortable in his life in Los Angeles?

(End of this chapter)